# traviscross/mtr

Official repository for mtr, a network diagnostic tool

Repository: https://github.com/traviscross/mtr
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mtr
Homepage: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-06-16T09:03:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4960, "days_push": 78, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3337, forks 376 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:56.794953+00:00)

## What it is
mtr is a network diagnostic tool that combines traceroute and ping, probing each hop along the route to a destination and printing live latency and packet-loss statistics. It runs in a terminal (with optional GTK UI) and is written in C, distributed under GPL-2.0.

## Use cases
- diagnose where packets are being dropped along a network path
- measure latency to each hop between my machine and a server
- combine traceroute and ping in one tool
- monitor network route quality over time
- troubleshoot intermittent connectivity to a host
- find which router hop is causing slow connections

## When to choose
- you need continuous, per-hop latency and loss statistics rather than a one-shot traceroute
- you want a lightweight terminal tool that works on Linux, macOS, and Unix systems
- you are debugging routing or ISP-level network problems

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI-first network analyzer with packet capture like Wireshark
- you are on Windows without WSL, since native Windows support is unavailable
- you need application-layer (HTTP/DNS) diagnostics rather than ICMP-level path analysis

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: networking, monitoring, developer-tools
- domain: networking, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: traceroute, ping, network-diagnostics, icmp, c, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- traviscross/mtr (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.794953+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:41:06.778055+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/traviscross/mtr (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.794953+00:00, sha d38b71775036)
  - homepage: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:23.680292+00:00, sha 89b90a651834)
  - site_page: https://www.bitwizard.nl/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:23.683246+00:00, sha 8d1879fcd50d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.